On Friday's CNN News Central broadcast, Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) said Republicans “have to use extreme examples and defend the fact that we actually support He said he was taking advantage of the Democratic Party's position on transgender issues by “putting the Democratic Party in a position it should not be in.” Please stand up for human rights. ”
Co-host Boris Sanchez said, “I've heard some Democrats argue that the party is bogged down by pandering too much to the left on certain issues. How many Democrats are on Capitol Hill? I've heard people say that we're moving too far to the left on transgender rights and immigration. Because people like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who caucuses with the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party is not radical enough on the economic front. I'm wondering where you land on that spectrum.”
Kildee replied: “Well, no, first of all, we shouldn't apologize for the fact that we support transgender rights and people who are part of that community. What Republicans have been able to do is use extreme examples to I think what they did was pretty cynical, but it was effective. ”
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